LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Specktor is the author of the novels "American Dream Machine" and "That Summertime Sound," as well as a nonfiction book of film criticism. He is a founding editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Crane is the author of two novels and four story collections, most recently, "Turf" and "The History of Great Things." Her stories have been featured on NPR's Selected Shorts and adapted for film. Crane is a recipient of the Chicago Public Library 21st Century Award, and Chicago's... Read More →

O'Connor is the author of "A Perfect Universe," and the novels "Untouchable" and "Half World." He has been awarded the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, and his stories have been shortlisted for the Sunday Times/EFG Story Prize and cited as Distinguished in Best American... Read More →

Olivas is the author of nine books including "The King of Lighting Fixtures: Stories” and "Crossing the Border: Collected Poems." He is also the co-editor of "The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles" and editor of "Latinos in Lotusland... Read More →

Straight's new short story "The Princess of Valencia" was released this spring by Amazon Originals. Her interactive map 737 Novels of the American Experience, with the mapping company ESRI, was recently published by Granta.com. Her memoir "In the Country of Women" is forthcoming... Read More →